Abstract:Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an extremely infectious hospital acquired bacterial pathogen often found in post-surgical patients globally. Early detection of such pathogens is a critical requirement to eliminate or reduce the incidence of antimicrobial resistance as well as for effective management of the disease. Despite the development of multiple biochemical, microbiological and nucleic acid amplification techniques (NAATs), conventional culture methods are widely used clinically owi… Show more
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